Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Health – in the House of Commons at 2:30 pm on 23 June 2009.
Ann Keen
Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department of Health
2:30,
23 June 2009
We are working towards that target. We have had an unprecedented rise in the birth rate, and we had a midwife recruitment problem. We have now reached 1,000 and are working towards the extra 4,000, along with the Royal College of Midwives. The situation varies around the country, but I repeat that the safety of mothers and babies is paramount.
